Belen Regional Airport

KBRG · New Mexico, United States

Climate Belen Regional Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Belen Regional Airport (KBRG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.1 95 98 99 99 95
February 96.9 98 100 97 96 93
March 97.9 98 95 97 99 99
April 98.5 100 100 98 98
May 99.3 100 100 100 100
June 99.4 100 97 99 100
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 99.6 99 99 100 100
September 98.2 99 100 100 92
October 98.8 100 97 100 99
November 94.6 92 100 100 97
December 97.6 97 93 100 98
Average 98.0 97.1 98.3 98.4 99.1 97.7

43rd best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.9 99 100 100 100 97
February 98.7 100 100 100 98 96
March 99.5 100 98 99 100 100
April 99.6 100 100 100 99
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.5 100 97 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 99 100 100 100
September 99.6 99 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 100 100 99
November 96.8 97 100 100 100
December 98.4 98 93 100 100
Average 99.3 99.4 99.3 99.3 99.6 99.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.2 11 10 11 10 10
February 12.9 15 12 12 14 13
March 17.5 17 16 18 18 18
April 23.4 24 25 23 23
May 28.2 28 30 28 30
June 32.6 33 31 33 34
July 34.5 38 34 32 35
August 33.2 34 31 32 35
September 29.7 31 30 30 28
October 22.4 25 20 23 25
November 15.1 16 13 18 15
December 10.1 11 10 13 8
Average 21.2 14.2 23.0 22.1 22.7 23.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -5.8 -2 -4 -6 -5 -4
February -3.1 0 -3 -6 -3 -2
March 1.5 3 1 0 1 3
April 5.3 4 6 6 6
May 10.7 11 11 11 12
June 15.6 15 18 17 15
July 19.1 22 19 19 19
August 17.5 19 17 17 17
September 14.0 15 14 15 12
October 6.4 8 7 5 9
November -1.6 1 -4 0 3
December -4.4 -3 -3 -3 -5
Average 5.5 7.1 6.0 6.6 7.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.8 3 0 1 0 5
February 3.0 1 1 1 4 9
March 1.9 2 3 2 1 3
April 1.2 0 0 2 2
May 0.8 1 0 0 1
June 1.8 0 6 4 1
July 0.3 0 1 0 0
August 1.4 3 3 0 0
September 1.3 2 1 1 1
October 1.2 1 4 1 1
November 1.6 2 0 0 0
December 1.5 1 2 2 1
Average 1.5 1.8 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.4 6 7 4 5 6
February 7.2 7 8 6 7 6
March 8.3 8 10 7 9 8
April 7.9 8 10 8 7
May 7.8 7 9 8 7
June 6.8 8 6 6 7
July 5.3 6 5 5 5
August 5.1 6 5 5 4
September 4.9 5 4 5 4
October 6.0 6 5 6 4
November 4.8 4 6 3 6
December 5.1 4 5 5 5
Average 6.4 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.0 6.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 272° 269° 325° 285° 340°
February 248° 252° 222° 261° 275°
March 245° 238° 253° 243° 213°
April 258° 249° 230° 253°
May 193° 225° 196° 211°
June 232° 254° 156° 204°
July 179° 195° 181° 260°
August 186° 149° 180° 230°
September 182° 179° 209° 221°
October 196° 259° 255° 041°
November 321° 215° 348° 240°
December 323° 267° 237° 345°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.